14th Amendment
SLN #: 93003Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 021
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Weinstein-Tull
Course Books: View List of Books
Course Description:
This course will focus on the rights secured by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Specific areas will include substantive due process, equal protection, privileges or immunities, state action, and the process and methodology of incorporation against the States of various provisions in the Bill of Rights. In addition, at the instructor’s discretion, the course might cover the Second Amendment’s protection of the right to keep and bear arms, the Contracts Clause and the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Students are allowed to take both The First Amendment class and the 14th Amendment class or the Survey of Individual Rights in Constitutional Law. You cannot take all 3 classes.
If you have already taken Constitutional Law II, you can only take either the 1st Amendment or the 14th Amendment class with permission from Dean Williams.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class - Completely Secure
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.